English Explanatory Dictionary

moe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
adj
  1. Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
adv
  1. Obsolete form of mo.
  2. Obsolete form of more.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
  2. Obsolete form of moa.
verb
  1. Obsolete form of moo.
  2. Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).
name
  1. A surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-".
  2. A male given name; Diminutive of Moses and Maurice.
name
  1. A female given name from Japanese.
name
  1. A town in the Shire of Baw Baw and the City of Latrobe, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
noun
  1. Initialism of Ministry of Education.
  2. Initialism of mixture of experts.
  3. Initialism of margin of error.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of MoE.

Pronunciation

/ˈməʊ.eɪ/ /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moe.wav /məʊ/ En-au-moe.ogg /moʊ/ /ˈməʊ.i/

Word forms

moe moé more moe moe-er most moe moe-est

Etymology

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Related words

moekko moe sangyo moetan kawaii aegyo

Derived words

figure moe zoku moe anthropomorphism moeblob moeshit Moe South
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